Kentucky Derby News

A Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier, the Tampa Bay
Derby (G3) on March 11 awarded points on a 50-20-15-10-5 basis to the top five
finishers, and a new face emerged on the Kentucky Derby
leaderboard with the win.
1. Tapit
Trice last to first
Tapit...

Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable’s Tapit Trice earned 50 points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard following his two-length victory in the
$360,000
Tampa Bay Derby (G3) on March 11. The winner clocked 1 1/16...

Tapit Trice jumps to sixth overall on the Road to the Derby leaderboard with a win at Tampa Bay Downs. Darren and KK breakdown the action from the Tampa Bay Derby on today’s show and what they saw from contenders in this past weekend’s prep...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions race on Wednesday has attracted a field of seven promising three-year-olds at London’s Kempton Park. Although no early Triple Crown nominees are involved, several have competed in stakes or sport noble...

Tapit Trice had
supporters concerned during the early stages of Saturday’s
$360,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3), breaking last and racing far back in the
12-horse field, but the 1-2 favorite came flying through the stretch to prove
best at the wire. The...

Practical Move’s sire, Practical Joke, was a multiple Grade 1 winner around one turn, and his pure class enabled him to finish a creditable fifth in the 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1). With a stamina boost from the maternal half of his pedigree, Practical...

A large field of 12 sophomores will travel 1 1/16 miles on the main surface in Saturday’s $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3). The 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series contest will reward the top-five finishers with qualifying points on a...

Four years ago, on the first Saturday in May 2019, Gary and Mary West felt the exhilaration of winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) with their homebred Maximum Security – for a few minutes. Then they felt the crushing blow of his disqualification for...

TAMPA BAY DERBY TOPS ACTION ON ROAD TO KENTUCKY DERBY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, March 9, 2023) – Saturday’s 43rd running of the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (Grade III) is the lone race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series for...

Capping off the first part of the Championship Series, the Tampa Bay Derby offers 50 points to the winner, putting them in a good spot for the Kentucky Derby starting gate. On today’s show Darren and KK preview the Tampa Bay Derby, the next race...